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Why 80 Percent of Innovation Consultants Are Not Worth the Money

This show might come off as controversial to those who are innovation consultants. However, these are my personal views on the subject. Consultants can have a significant effect on an organization for better or worse. We will discuss innovation consultants and why I believe 80% of them are not worth

Innovation Consultants

Stop talking about innovation and instead get innovating.

I recently gave a speech at the annual PDS Conference (Milwaukee, WI) on the topic of Enabling Innovation: A Strength In Any Economy.  In the speech, I challenged the audience (CIOs, CTOs and other technology leaders) that every group within an organization needed to take ownership of the innovation

Stop talking about innovation and instead get innovating.

CIO’s have to take the strategic lead for their organization

Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes, and I had a recent discussion on the changing role of the CIO.  When I was a CIO at a public company (Teligent), my role was clearly defined by my boss at the time, Alex Mandl.  One of Alex’s first guidelines he gave me was to make sure his name […]

Forbes video

CIO’s Role In Innovation – Stirring Up Creativity At The Core (Video)

Many believe that the CIO’s role is to keep the IT “lights” on. Given the I’m a former CIO, I understand and appreciate the challenges of the CIO job. Below is the link to a video of some of my thoughts on how IT and the CIO can play a key role in driving the innovation agenda within their organizat

Forbes video

Corporate Corruption Of Innovation

Download KI_20060827.mp3 Segment 1: Corporate Corruption Of Innovation Phases of corporate adoption of innovation * Ignore – hope that it goes away * It’s for others – not an issue for us * Maybe its something we should look into * URGENT – We are behind Chief Innovation Officers does not equal innovation How